by DesignBabylon on 24 August 2009
Quand j’ai vu cette vidéo, il a été le coup de foudre.
Loosely translated, “when I saw this video it was love at first sight.”
The film focuses on Gabrielle Chanel’s late 20s — her work as a seamstress and cabaret singer to her life as a kept mistress of wealthy playboy Etienne Balsan and her fling with a British industrialist Arthur “Boy” Capel, all the while developing her signature style that became de rigeur for the modern woman of the 20th century.
Tagged as:
Audrey Tautou,
chair,
Chanel,
Coco,
Coco Chanel,
Formalwear,
france,
francophiles,
Haute couture,
inspiration,
paris,
personal style
by DesignBabylon on 12 August 2009
To say that my current home office is currently uninspiring would be a drastic understatement. How can I create inspired interiors for others when my own workspace is so…well…. lacking. It has all the great bones for becoming a great office but right now it’s kinda dark, which does nothing for this girl who lives for bright color and pattern.
Tagged as:
Amy Fine Collins,
Andrew Beers,
Brandon Barre Designer,
bright color,
Candice Olson,
Clare Donohue,
Evan Joseph Designer,
france,
home office,
house beautiful,
Jan Showers,
Mary McGee,
Ruthie Sommers,
Simon Upton Designer,
small space,
tear sheets,
Ted Yarwood,
Virginia Macdonald
by DesignBabylon on 10 August 2009
I admit it, I’m totally addicted to scented candles. Diptyque stole my heart with its Baies and Mouget candles and now I am totally smitten with candles from Agraria.
Tagged as:
America,
Baies,
Bitter Orange,
California,
Candle,
Carolina Herrera,
Charlotte Moss,
cocktail glasses,
crystal,
Crystal Cane,
Crystal Cane Perfume Candles,
Diana Vreeland,
Diptyque,
Fragrance,
Giorgio Armani,
Golden Pomegranate,
home fragrance,
Hubert de Givenchy,
John Saladino,
Lavender and Rosemary,
Meryl Streep,
Michael Kors,
Michael S. Smith,
Mission Fig,
Muguet,
One Kings Lane,
Ralph Lauren,
San Francisco,
United States,
USD,
White House
by DesignBabylon on 5 August 2009
I really wish I had been around in the 60s as my personal style is so highly influenced by that decade — the clothes, the interior design, even the hair and make-up! I came across some stills from “The Party” starring Peter Sellers today and immediately fell in love with the house it was filmed in
Tagged as:
60s,
Blake Edwards,
cinema,
costume,
hair,
inspiration,
interior design,
interior pools,
make-up,
mid-century modern,
movie,
personal style,
peter sellers,
Style
by Brett on 3 August 2009
Because of the popularity of the open-plan, formal dining rooms are getting used less and less, so why not take your kitchen up a notch and have dinner parties there?
Tagged as:
apartment therapy,
côté maison,
decorpad.com,
dining room,
dining table,
dinner parties,
france,
home office,
inspiration,
interior design,
kitchen,
kitchen island,
library,
open plan,
paris,
tableware,
work surface
